The phrase "a crew of one" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a situation where a single person is performing the tasks typically done by a group or team.
Example: "In this project, we are operating with a crew of one, as I will be handling all the responsibilities myself."
Alternatives: "a one-person team" or "a solo crew".
Wilder installs herself, or is in effect embedded, in the school for extended periods of time; she's on hand for a full range of activities, and her camera (which she wields along with the sound equipment she's a crew of one) gets close to children, teachers, and parents.
Mr. Luders, Jr. informed us that the Gulfer has a 160-horsepower Diesel engine, a speed of 15 knots, and a range o 300 sea miles; she can accommodate three or four passengers, a crew of one, and a large amount of bait.
From there, I was driven in a Land Cruiser to the banks of the Tigris River, where a small wooden boat, with a crew of one and an outboard motor, was waiting.
Wilder installs herself, or is in effect embedded, in the school for extended periods of time; she's on hand for a full range of activities, and her camera (which she wields along with the sound equipment — she's a crew of one) gets close to children, teachers, and parents.
The ships had a crew of one officer and twenty-two enlisted men, and both carried a single boat.
Phoenix is normally operated with a crew of one vessel command Fireboat officer, one engineer who operates the pumps and engines, one pilot who steers/navigates the boat, one fire Engine company officer, and three to five firefighters to handle hoses and nozzles.
The accompanying instructional CD classifies this as a two-man item, but we reckon it needs a crew of three: one to man the laser direction indicator, one to control the computer readouts, and one to operate it.
But Sunsara Taylor gathered a crew of twenty-one fellow activists and embarked on a massive road trip New York to Charlotte, North Carolina, by way of Fargo, Wichita, and Jackson, Mississippi.
Mr. & Mrs. Spaeth and their four daughters have travelled some 56,000 miles in the land yach It requires a crew of two on long voyages, but one driver manages on short ones.
He guided a crew of Presidio foresters — one operating a crane and two hovering above in a cherry picker — as they fixed logs to one another or to a central 17,000-pound log with steel rods.
The San Francisco, with a crew of 137, is one of three operating from there.
